Amusement game table



Feb. 24, 1925. 2 I 1,527,600 7 w. L; MING ,.AmussuEnfr GAME TABLE Fjileq Feb. e, 1923 I ENTOR 5 1M Wane LooK MING Patented Feb. 24, 1925 UNITED STAT ES WONG LOOK MING, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

AMUSEMENT GAME TABLE.

Application filed February To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, WONG Loon MING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have made a new and useful invention, to wit, Improvements in Amusement Game Tables; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, concise, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates particularly to a table particularly adaptable to the conditions and requirements for the playing of any game wherein rows of stacked tiles or dominoes are required.

An object of the invention is to provide a table on which may be laid out a course, or courses, conformable to the particular requirements of the game. to be played, and having members incorporated therein on which the tiles or objects to be arranged on the course may be preliminarily stacked, and which said members may be placed out of position relative to the said table so as to not interfere with or impede the playing of the game.

A further object of the invention is to provide a table havinga game course thereon, in combination with an apparatus necessary to the playing on said course, that will be superior in point of simplicity and in enpensiveness of construction, positiveness of operation, facility and convenience in use and general efficiency. Other objects and advantages will appear as this description progresses.

In this specification and the annexed drawings, the invention is illustrated in the form considered to be the best, but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to such form, because it may be. embodied in other forms, and it is also to be understood that in and by the claims following the description, it is desired to cover the invention in whatsoever form it may be embodied.

In the accompanying one sheet of drawings:

Fig. 1 represents a plan View of a table constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary crosssection taken through Fig. 1 on line 2-2.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross-section taken through Fig. 1 on the line 33.

Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken through Fig. 1 on the line 4-4.

Serial No. 618,020.

In detail the construction illustrated in the drawings includes a table 1, or other equivalent planar surface, shaped either rectangularly, or of any other desired contour and formed of laminated wood, cardboard, or other light and durable compositions capable of withstanding handling and usage. In its present embodiment the table 1 consists of a rectangular member in the center of which a game course 3 is laid out. The course 3 is rectangular, andin'the playing of the game the course 3 represents the outline of the wall that is formed by the tiles or the playing objects 7 preliminarily to the starting of the game.

Each of the edges of the table 1 are recessed as at i, and rack members 5 are pivoted at the opposite ends 66 in the said recesses so as to substantially parallel the edges of the said table. The rack members 5 are rabbeted or grooved to form a right angle seat 8 and back 9' extending the full length of the said rack. hen a rack 5 is swung into the operative position the seat 8 lies substantiall iiush with the surface of the table, and when the said rack is moved into the inoperative position the said rack does not project above the table surface so as to interfere with, or impede the actions of anyone playing on the said table on account of the thickness of the rack being equivalent to the depth of the recess. The back 9 formed in the rabbeted portion of the rack, in conjunction with the seat portion, provides a cavity into which the tiles 7, to be played with on the said course, may be preliminarily stacked. Thus in the commencement of the game, all of the racks 5 would be swung into the operative position with the backs 9 standing substantially perpendicular. The tiles 7 would be stacked in double rows on the seat portions of the racks 5 throughout the full length thereof. After the tiles have been stacked in each of the racks, the racks would be swung in the inoperative position, leaving the stacked tiles in a free position to be moved forward as a columnar mass to that contiguous portion of the course 3. Each of the groups of stacked objects would be advanced by the hands of the player into position on the rectangular course 3 in the manner described so as to form a continuous rectangular wall. Once the wall is formed the game may be started, and played according to rules. During the process of playing the game, losses and gains are made by the several players, all of which may be tabreceptacles or containers 12, cut in the table surface. Although I have shown and described the score counter containers as being of a depressed character, I do not Wish to be limited thereto, inasmuch as it Would be clearly Within the scope of this invention to devise other and different forms of containers for holding the score counters.

Having thus described this invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l,- An amusement game device including, a table having a game course thereon; and rack members pivotally' mounted in a position parallel with the edges of said table, adapted to project above said table surface in the operative position and on which ob-- jects to be placed on said course may be preliminarily arranged, said racks being adapt-- ed to lie fiush with said table surface in the inoperative position. i

2. An amusement game device including, a table having a game course thereon; rack members pivotally mounted in a position parallel with the edges of said table, adapted to project above said table surfaze in the operative position and on which objects to be placed on said course may be preliminarily arranged, said racks being adapted to lie flush with said table surface in the inoperative POSllllOIl; and containers arranged on 3'. An amusement game device including, a table having a game course thereon With recesses in its edges; rack members pivotally mounted. in the recesses of said table, adapted to project above said table surface in the operative position and on which objects to be placed on said course may be preliminarily arranged, said racksbeing adapted to lie flush With said table surface in the in operative position.

4. An amusement game device including, a table having a game course thereon with recesses on its edges; rack members pivotally mounted in the recesses of said table, adapted to project above said table surface in the operative position and on Which objects to be placed on said course may be preliminarily arranged, said racks being adapted to lie flush with said table surface in the inoperative position; and containers arranged on said table for storing the score counters of said game,

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at San Francisco, California, this 1st day of February 1923.

WONG LOOK MING.

In the presence of- LINCOLN V. JOHNSON, A. J. HENRY. 

